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Latest air quality data: Frankfurt
Pollution and air quality forecast for Frankfurt. Today is Thursday, August 27, 2026. The following air pollution values have been recorded for Frankfurt:
  1. particulate matter (PM2.5) dust - 7 (Good)
  2. particulate matter (PM10) suspended dust - 12 (Good)
  3. ozone (O3) - 55 (Good)
  4. nitrogen dioxide (NO2) - 7 (Good)
  5. sulfur dioxide (SO2) - 1 (Good)
  6. carbon monoxide (CO) - 180 (Good)
Real-time Air Quality Index (AQI) for Frankfurt, Thursday, August 27, 2026: 1.

air quality index: 0
AQI 1 Good

What is the air quality in Frankfurt today? Is the air polluted in Frankfurt?. Is there smog?

Today (Thursday, August 27, 2026) air quality is good. The air quality has no effect on health. Everyone can continue their outdoor activities normally in Frankfurt.


What is the current level of PM2.5 in Frankfurt? (particulate matter (PM2.5) dust)
Today's PM2.5 level is: 7 (Good) For comparison, the highest level of PM2.5 in Frankfurt in the last 7 days was: 9 (Thursday, August 27, 2026) and the lowest: 4 (Thursday, August 20, 2026). The highest PM2.5 values were recorded: 23 (September 2017). The lowest level of particulate matter PM2.5 pollution occurs in month: September (2.6).

What is the level of PM10 today in Frankfurt? (particulate matter (PM10) suspended dust)
The current level of particulate matter PM10 in Frankfurt is: 12 (Good) The highest PM10 values usually occur in month: 32 (February 2019). The lowest value of particulate matter PM10 pollution in Frankfurt is usually recorded in: September (5.2).

How is the O3 level today in Frankfurt? (ozone (O3))
55 (Good)

How high is the level of NO2? (nitrogen dioxide (NO2))
7 (Good)

What is the level of SO2 pollution? (sulfur dioxide (SO2))
1 (Good)

How high is the CO level? (carbon monoxide (CO))
180 (Good)



Current data Thursday, August 27, 2026 at 3:00 AM

PM2,5 7 (Good)

PM10 12 (Good)

O3 55 (Good)

NO2 7 (Good)

SO2 1 (Good)

CO 180 (Good)

Data on air pollution from recent days in Frankfurt

index 2026-08-27 2026-08-26 2026-08-25 2026-08-24 2026-08-23 2026-08-22 2026-08-21 2026-08-20
pm25 9
Good
9
Good
7
Good
7
Good
7
Good
5
Good
6
Good
4
Good
pm10 18
Good
12
Good
11
Good
11
Good
11
Good
7
Good
9
Good
6
Good
o3 79
Moderate
67
Good
59
Good
66
Good
63
Good
51
Good
50
Good
57
Good
no2 11
Good
11
Good
10
Good
7
Good
6
Good
10
Good
16
Good
10
Good
so2 1
Good
1
Good
1
Good
1
Good
1
Good
1
Good
1
Good
1
Good
co 186
Good
192
Good
188
Good
190
Good
193
Good
179
Good
196
Good
162
Good
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Air pollution in Frankfurt from September 2017 to May 2020
pollution pm25 hikersbay.com
index 2020-05 2020-04 2020-03 2020-02 2020-01 2019-10 2019-09 2019-07 2019-06 2019-05 2019-04 2019-03 2019-02 2019-01 2018-12 2018-11 2018-10 2018-09 2018-08 2018-07 2018-06 2018-05 2018-04 2018-03 2018-02 2018-01 2017-12 2017-11 2017-10 2017-09
so2 0.84 (Good) 0.86 (Good) 1.1 (Good) 1 (Good) 1 (Good) 0.39 (Good) 0.37 (Good) 0.76 (Good) 0.89 (Good) 0.82 (Good) 0.94 (Good) 1.5 (Good) 1 (Good) 0.7 (Good) 0.97 (Good) 0.83 (Good) 0.87 (Good) 0.82 (Good) 0.9 (Good) 0.82 (Good) 0.95 (Good) 0.8 (Good) 1.7 (Good) 1.7 (Good) 1.5 (Good) 1.4 (Good) 2 (Good) 2.1 (Good) 2.4 (Good) 1.6 (Good)
o3 39 (Good) 45 (Good) 44 (Good) 45 (Good) 19 (Good) 5.5 (Good) 17 (Good) 79 (Moderate) 44 (Good) 50 (Good) 50 (Good) 36 (Good) 7.8 (Good) 24 (Good) 20 (Good) 11 (Good) 13 (Good) 22 (Good) 38 (Good) 45 (Good) 47 (Good) 53 (Good) 45 (Good) 34 (Good) 32 (Good) 29 (Good) 22 (Good) 17 (Good) 20 (Good) 16 (Good)
pm10 13 (Good) 23 (Moderate) 15 (Good) 13 (Good) 23 (Moderate) 6.6 (Good) 5.2 (Good) 19 (Good) 20 (Moderate) 17 (Good) 22 (Moderate) 19 (Good) 32 (Moderate) 19 (Good) 22 (Moderate) 26 (Moderate) 23 (Moderate) 22 (Moderate) 19 (Good) 23 (Moderate) 22 (Moderate) 26 (Moderate) 20 (Moderate) 21 (Moderate) 27 (Moderate) 15 (Good) 13 (Good) 23 (Moderate) 21 (Moderate) 31 (Moderate)
no2 28 (Good) 30 (Good) 26 (Good) 26 (Good) 36 (Good) 13 (Good) 12 (Good) 12 (Good) 31 (Good) 24 (Good) 26 (Good) 34 (Good) 51 (Moderate) 27 (Good) 30 (Good) 31 (Good) 37 (Good) 40 (Good) 34 (Good) 32 (Good) 24 (Good) 27 (Good) 33 (Good) 41 (Moderate) 42 (Moderate) 37 (Good) 38 (Good) 40 (Moderate) 37 (Good) 45 (Moderate)
pm25 8.2 (Good) 13 (Moderate) 9.2 (Good) 7 (Good) 18 (Moderate) 3 (Good) 2.6 (Good) 14 (Moderate) 16 (Moderate) 13 (Moderate) 18 (Moderate) 13 (Good) 21 (Moderate) 16 (Moderate) 16 (Moderate) 20 (Moderate) 17 (Moderate) 16 (Moderate) 12 (Good) 18 (Moderate) 14 (Moderate) 18 (Moderate) 13 (Moderate) 22 (Moderate) 21 (Moderate) 11 (Good) 11 (Good) 15 (Moderate) 12 (Good) 23 (Moderate)
co 280 (Good) 321 (Good) 327 (Good) 353 (Good) 416 (Good) 126 (Good) 132 (Good) 224 (Good) 327 (Good) 307 (Good) 359 (Good) 374 (Good) 515 (Good) 339 (Good) 353 (Good) 317 (Good) 298 (Good) 296 (Good) 196 (Good) 197 (Good) 203 (Good) 279 (Good) 359 (Good) 465 (Good) 431 (Good) 348 (Good) 345 (Good) 402 (Good) 343 (Good) 536 (Good)
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Quality of life in Frankfurt

Green and Parks in the City

Frankfurt 81%

Luxembourg: 83% Netherlands: 82% Czech Republic: 77% Belgium: 64% Liechtenstein: 88%

particulate matter PM2.5

Frankfurt 18 (Moderate)

Pleasure of spending time in the city

Frankfurt 73%

Luxembourg: 85% Netherlands: 88% Czech Republic: 77% Belgium: 64% Liechtenstein: 94%

particulate matter PM10

Frankfurt 27 (Moderate)

Air Pollution

Frankfurt 34%

Luxembourg: 19% Netherlands: 21% Czech Republic: 35% Belgium: 45% Liechtenstein: 6.3%

Garbage Disposal

Frankfurt 77%

Luxembourg: 84% Netherlands: 79% Czech Republic: 74% Belgium: 54% Liechtenstein: 100%

Availability and quality of drinking water

Frankfurt 78%

Luxembourg: 83% Netherlands: 92% Czech Republic: 84% Belgium: 70% Liechtenstein: 100%

Cleanliness and tidiness

Frankfurt 59%

Luxembourg: 82% Netherlands: 77% Czech Republic: 65% Belgium: 46% Liechtenstein: 94%

Noise and Light pollution

Frankfurt 47%

Luxembourg: 29% Netherlands: 31% Czech Republic: 44% Belgium: 54% Liechtenstein: 19%

Water Pollution

Frankfurt 23%

Luxembourg: 19% Netherlands: 17% Czech Republic: 28% Belgium: 42% Liechtenstein: 0%
Source: Numbeo


Frankfurt

Thursday, August 27, 2026 at 3:00 AM

PM2,5 7.4 (Good)

particulate matter (PM2.5) dust

PM10 12 (Good)

particulate matter (PM10) suspended dust

O3 55 (Good)

ozone (O3)

NO2 7.4 (Good)

nitrogen dioxide (NO2)

SO2 0.6 (Good)

sulfur dioxide (SO2)

CO 180 (Good)

carbon monoxide (CO)

Frankfurt

index 2026-08-20 2026-08-21 2026-08-22 2026-08-23 2026-08-24 2026-08-25 2026-08-26 2026-08-27
pm25 3.9 5.9 4.8 6.9 7.5 7.4 9.5 9
pm10 5.5 9.1 6.5 11 11 11 12 18
o3 57 50 51 63 66 59 67 79
no2 10 16 10 6.4 6.6 10 11 11
so2 0.67 1.2 0.83 0.8 0.79 1.1 1.3 1.3
co 162 196 179 193 190 188 192 186

DEHE005

index 2020-05 2020-04 2020-03 2020-02 2020-01 2019-10 2019-09 2019-07 2019-06 2019-05 2019-04 2019-03 2019-02 2019-01 2018-12 2018-11 2018-10 2018-09 2018-08 2018-07 2018-06 2018-05 2018-04 2018-03 2018-02 2018-01 2017-12 2017-11 2017-10 2017-09
pm10 11 22 15 12 21 6.6 3.5 18 18 17 21 17 25 17 21 23 20 21 18 21 21 26 20 17 25 14 13 21 20 28
so2 0.84 0.86 1.1 1 1 0.39 0.37 0.76 0.89 0.82 0.94 1.5 1 0.7 0.97 0.83 0.87 0.82 0.9 0.82 0.95 0.8 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.4 2 2.1 2.4 1.6
no2 29 33 30 29 39 12 11 10 27 22 28 36 49 29 32 33 37 39 35 33 24 28 31 41 41 36 38 38 35 44
o3 42 44 40 39 17 5.9 17 78 46 50 47 33 7.3 23 19 9.6 13 23 38 47 48 50 44 31 32 28 20 16 20 13

DEHE008

index 2020-05 2020-04 2020-03 2020-02 2020-01 2019-10 2019-09 2019-07 2019-06 2019-05 2019-04 2019-03 2019-02 2019-01 2018-12 2018-11 2018-10 2018-09 2018-08 2018-07 2018-06 2018-05 2018-04 2018-03 2018-02 2018-01 2017-12 2017-11 2017-10 2017-09
pm10 15 27 17 16 26 6.3 5.5 18 21 16 21 21 36 19 21 26 24 23 17 21 25 27 19 22 26 13 13 22 21 29
no2 29 28 22 21 33 12 10 8.6 29 21 21 31 50 26 28 27 33 35 29 26 18 19 28 36 37 34 36 39 35 33
o3 36 45 48 50 22 5 17 80 42 51 53 38 8.3 24 21 12 14 21 39 44 47 56 46 37 33 29 24 18 19 19

DEHE041

2017-09   2020-05
pollution pm25 hikersbay.com
index 2020-05 2020-04 2020-03 2020-02 2020-01 2019-10 2019-09 2019-07 2019-06 2019-05 2019-04 2019-03 2019-02 2019-01 2018-12 2018-11 2018-10 2018-09 2018-08 2018-07 2018-06 2018-05 2018-04 2018-03 2018-02 2018-01 2017-12 2017-11 2017-10 2017-09
pm25 8.2 13 9.2 7 18 3 2.6 14 16 13 18 13 21 16 16 20 17 16 12 18 14 18 13 22 21 11 11 15 12 23
pm10 11 20 15 11 22 6.8 6.6 20 23 17 22 20 34 22 24 30 26 22 21 27 22 26 21 25 31 17 15 25 22 37
co 280 321 327 353 416 126 132 224 327 307 359 374 515 339 353 317 298 296 196 197 203 279 359 465 431 348 345 402 343 536
no2 27 30 27 27 37 14 14 16 37 28 29 36 54 27 31 33 42 45 37 37 30 34 40 48 48 40 41 45 41 56

* Pollution data source: https://openaq.org (EEA Germany) The data is licensed under CC-By 4.0

🌦️ Weather · 16-day Forecast — Germany

🌦️ WEATHER · 16-DAY FORECASTGermany☀️22°Clear skyToday · ↑24° ↓10°💨 4 km/h · 💧 44%Mon24.08☀️24°10°Tue25.08☁️24°13°Wed26.08🌧️23°15°Thu27.08🌤️30°16°Fri28.08🌧️24°17°Sat29.08🌧️23°14°Sun30.08☁️26°16°Mon31.08🌧️20°15°Tue1.09☁️20°13°Wed2.09☁️22°11°Thu3.09🌤️25°14°Fri4.09☀️29°16°Sat5.09🌤️30°18°Sun6.09🌧️19°12°Mon7.09🌤️21°Tue8.09☁️22°11°pollution-alert.com · August 27, 2026

16-day weather forecast for Germany: today around 24°C (clear sky), lows near 10°C. Daily temperature and conditions, updated every day. A moderate breeze (about 15 km/h) is partially dispersing pollutants today.

☀️ UV Index · 16-day Forecast — Germany

☀️ UV INDEX · 16-DAY FORECASTGermany03681111+3.5UV MODERATEtoday, day maxSeek shade around midday. SPF 30+, sunglasses and ahat for longer stays.⏱ Unprotected fair skin can burn in about 55 min4Wed26.086Thu27.083Fri28.086Sat29.085Sun30.084Mon31.084Tue1.094Wed2.094Thu3.094Fri4.095Sat5.094Sun6.095Mon7.095Tue8.095Wed9.095Thu10.090-2 low3-5 moderate6-7 high8-10 very high11+ extremepollution-alert.com · August 27, 2026

The UV index in Germany today is 3.5 (moderate) — unprotected fair skin can burn in about 55 minutes.

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Frequently asked questions

Is the air safe to breathe in Frankfurt today?
The current average PM2.5 across Frankfurt is about 7 µg/m³, rated “Good”. Air quality is good — outdoor activities are fine for everyone.
What is the current PM2.5 level in Frankfurt?
Right now PM2.5 in Frankfurt averages about 7 µg/m³ (“Good”). PM2.5 are fine particles small enough to reach the lungs and bloodstream.
Which day last week had the worst air in Frankfurt?
Over the past week, the highest daily PM2.5 in Frankfurt was recorded on Wednesday, August 26 (about 9 µg/m³).
What is the UV index in Frankfurt today?
The UV index in Frankfurt today is 3.5 (moderate) — unprotected fair skin can burn in about 55 minutes.
Does today's wind help disperse smog in Frankfurt?
A moderate breeze (about 15 km/h) is partially dispersing pollutants today.
How is air quality measured?
Air quality here is based on PM2.5 — the concentration of fine particulate matter in µg/m³. Lower values mean cleaner air. Data is updated daily from Open-Meteo.